Best way to handle dhcp-only devices?

[Bret Wortman]

I'm setting up a new instance and there are devices which currently get
their IPs via dhcp, and we want to preserve that, but at this point their
OSes aren't ones we're still supporting (but which we don't want to upgrade
yet).

How can I make sure cobbler manages their dhcp addresses (I don't want two
dhcp servers)? Is there a way to have a profile that doesn't point to a
distro?


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[Greg Swift]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bret Wortman
<bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt;wrote:

>  I'm setting up a new instance and there are devices which
> currently get
>  their IPs via dhcp, and we want to preserve that, but at this point their
>  OSes aren't ones we're still supporting (but which we don't want to upgrade
>  yet).
>
>  How can I make sure cobbler manages their dhcp addresses (I don't want two
>  dhcp servers)? Is there a way to have a profile that doesn't point to a
>  distro?
>  
In theory if you just make an empty distro/profile and don't enable netboot
they should be able to be managed via cobbler system entries.

but if that fails and they are going away and you just need to temporary
support you can just put their entries in an include file and include that
file inside the dhcpd.template file.

-greg

[Bret Wortman]

What values would you suggest providing for --kernel and --initrd on the
"cobbler distro add" command to create an empty distro? I've tried numerous
without joy.


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Greg Swift <gregswift(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bret Wortman <
>  bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt; wrote:
>
> > I'm setting up a new instance and there are devices which currently get
> > their IPs via dhcp, and we want to preserve that, but at this point their
> > OSes aren't ones we're still supporting (but which we don't want to
> upgrade
> > yet).
> >
> > How can I make sure cobbler manages their dhcp addresses (I don't want
> > two dhcp servers)? Is there a way to have a profile that doesn't point to a
> > distro?
> >
>
>  In theory if you just make an empty distro/profile and don't enable
>  netboot they should be able to be managed via cobbler system entries.
>
>  but if that fails and they are going away and you just need to temporary
>  support you can just put their entries in an include file and include that
>  file inside the dhcpd.template file.
>
>  -greg
>
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>
>  

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Bret Wortman
The Damascus Group
Fairfax, VA
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[Asher Newcomer]

Given that netboot will never be enabled does it matter what the
profile/distro says? Can't you just insert any profile that will take and
ignore those settings?
On Dec 18, 2012 1:26 PM, "Bret Wortman" <bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt;
wrote:

>  What values would you suggest providing for --kernel and --initrd on
> the
>  "cobbler distro add" command to create an empty distro? I've tried
> numerous
>  without joy.
>
>
>  On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Greg Swift <gregswift(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bret Wortman <
> > bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> >> I'm setting up a new instance and there are devices which currently get
> >> their IPs via dhcp, and we want to preserve that, but at this point their
> >> OSes aren't ones we're still supporting (but which we don't want to
> upgrade
> >> yet).
> >>
> >> How can I make sure cobbler manages their dhcp addresses (I don't want
> >> two dhcp servers)? Is there a way to have a profile that doesn't point to a
> >> distro?
> >>
> >
> > In theory if you just make an empty distro/profile and don't enable
> > netboot they should be able to be managed via cobbler system entries.
> >
> > but if that fails and they are going away and you just need to temporary
> > support you can just put their entries in an include file and include that
> > file inside the dhcpd.template file.
> >
> > -greg
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > cobbler mailing list
> > cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> > https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >
> >
>
>
>  --
>  Bret Wortman
>  The Damascus Group
>  Fairfax, VA
>  http://bretwortman.com/
>  http://twitter.com/BretWortman
>
>
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>
>

[Bret Wortman]

That makes too much sense to be a right answer.  ;-)


On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:29 PM, Asher Newcomer <ashernew(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Given that netboot will never be enabled does it matter what the
>  profile/distro says? Can't you just insert any profile that will take and
>  ignore those settings?
>  On Dec 18, 2012 1:26 PM, "Bret Wortman" <bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt;
>  wrote:
>
> > What values would you suggest providing for --kernel and --initrd on the
> > "cobbler distro add" command to create an empty distro? I've tried
> numerous
> > without joy.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Greg Swift <gregswift(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Bret Wortman <
> >> bret.wortman(a)damascusgrp.com&gt; wrote:
> >>
> >>> I'm setting up a new instance and there are devices which currently get
> >>> their IPs via dhcp, and we want to preserve that, but at this point their
> >>> OSes aren't ones we're still supporting (but which we don't want
> to upgrade
> >>> yet).
> >>>
> >>> How can I make sure cobbler manages their dhcp addresses (I don't want
> >>> two dhcp servers)? Is there a way to have a profile that doesn't point to
> a
> >>> distro?
> >>>
> >>
> >> In theory if you just make an empty distro/profile and don't enable
> >> netboot they should be able to be managed via cobbler system entries.
> >>
> >> but if that fails and they are going away and you just need to temporary
> >> support you can just put their entries in an include file and include that
> >> file inside the dhcpd.template file.
> >>
> >> -greg
> >>
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> cobbler mailing list
> >> cobbler(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> >> https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bret Wortman
> > The Damascus Group
> > Fairfax, VA
> > http://bretwortman.com/
> > http://twitter.com/BretWortman
> >
> >
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> >
> >
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>  

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Bret Wortman
The Damascus Group
Fairfax, VA
http://bretwortman.com/
http://twitter.com/BretWortman